Nations Descended from Noah

These are the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood.

From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the descendants of Japheth in their lands, with their own language, by their families, in their nations.

These are the descendants of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

These are the descendants of Shem, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

but I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.

“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations.

No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

I will bless her and also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”

As for Ishmael, I have heard you; I will bless him and make him fruitful and exceedingly numerous; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.”

Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”

and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”

And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other; the elder shall serve the younger.”

I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,

Let peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.

Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

there was hail with fire flashing continually in the midst of it, such heavy hail as had never fallen in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.”

Now let me alone so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, and of you I will make a great nation.”